Sidy Mohammed
May 22, 2024 at 8:12 p.m.
Thierno Diagne, mayor of Sindia, was placed under arrest warrant this Wednesday by the judge of the first investigating chamber of the Mbour high court, according to the Emedia website. The charges against him are particularly serious and unexpected. Judicial sources indicate that he is being prosecuted for “money laundering” and “possession of counterfeit bank notes”.
Thierno Diagne, mayor of Sindia, faces several serious and diverse accusations. Here is a list of the charges against him:
- Money laundering
- Possession of counterfeit banknotes
- Use of forgery in an administrative document (March 2022)
- Scam involving a sum of 65 million CFA francs (March 2022)
- Conflict with the Sonatel foundation over 2,700 plots worth 1.7 billion CFA francs
The arrest of Thierno Diagne took place late in the morning. The commander of the Poponguine gendarmerie brigade personally took the mayor to the Mbour public prosecutor’s office. This new case comes on top of a series of legal troubles for Thierno Diagne. In March 2022, he was arrested for using forgery in an administrative document and fraud involving a sum of 65 million CFA francs. He was also involved in a conflict with the Sonatel foundation concerning 2,700 plots, valued at 1.7 billion CFA francs. After a month of detention, interventions by religious authorities allowed his provisional release.
